Automobile bumper and tire carrier



Oct. 23, 1928.

E. H. M CLOUD AUTOMOBILE BUMPER AND TIRE CARRIER Filed Jan. 23, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Flc l.

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E. H. M CLOUD AUTOMOBILE BUMPER AND TIRE CARRIER Filed Jan. 25, 1928 Patented Oct. -23, 1928.

EDWARD H. MCCLOUD, F COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIQNOR THE CENTRAL BRASS 85 rm- TURE COMP, 0F SPBINGFIELD, OHIO, A. Q0RLPOIiItA'I'IOIiI OF OHIO.

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Application filed January 28 1928. Serial No. 248,688.

This invention relates to an automobile bumper and tire carrier, the bumper and carrier being movably mounted upon an automobile chassis so that ready access may be had to the carrier for the loading and unloading'ot a tire.

A further object is to providea bumper and tire carrier, both of which are pivotally connected to the automobile and are interconnected so as to be movable together as a unit.

The invention will be understood 'froma reference to the accompanying drawings, m

of Fig. 1, showing the carrier and bumper innormal position.

Figure 3 1s a similar view showing the care a cross plate 23 secured to the carrier bars 13.

rier and bumper in unloading positlon.

Fi e 4 is a rear elevation showing a 'modr' fied cm of the invention. Figure 5 is a partial side elevation vertical sectional view, taken on line 5-5 of V Fig. 4, showing such modified form of the invention. p

Fi re 6 is a viewsimilar to Figure 5, but showmg the parts in unloading position.

Figure 7 is a rear elevation showing another modified form of the invention.

Fi re 8 is a view similar to Figure 5 but showing a modified form of tire carrier, in

"the nature of a box having a cover.

Figure 9 is aside elevation of this modified form in unloading position.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1' designates the body of an automobile mounted on the usual chassis indicated at 2, supported upon the leaf springs 33. I mount a fixed crossbar 4 on the chassis bars 2, and secure to the chassis bars a fixed bracket 5 having a rearwardly extending arm 6. Each chassis bar carries one .of these brackets.

They areheld by the rod 4 and securing devices inth' nature of bolts and nuts indicated at 7. To each of the arms 6 of these brackets T pivot a link 8 by means of bolts or 11 and belts or rivets 12. Preferably I ma the bumper in the form of two bars as seen in Figs. 1,2, 4'and .5, to a position, occupied when the tire is to be mounted on or removed from the carrier, as -seen in Figs. 3, 6 and 9.

I also mount on the crossbar 4, in the pre-'.

ferred form shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, the

extra tire carrier composed of the curved bars 13. The upper portion of the bars 15 carries a latch bar 17 mounted on a pivot 18 and fashioned at its upper end with an ofiset- 19 which with the ofiset 20 of the upper ends of the bars 13 forms a tire holder.

In order to lock the carrier incarr ing position such as shown, for instanee',in lgs. 1 and 2, I further. provide an arched bar 21 which extends across the machine and tennis nates in portions-22 secured to the chassis bars '2 by the bolts 7 This arched bar carries a locking bolt 24 which extends through 1 Thus the carrier is locked 'n its carrying or upper position as shown, or instance, in

Fi .2. When it is desired to lower the car--- rie in order to unload a tire or place a tire thereon, a fastening device 17 is removed and I the carrier is swung downward from thenormal position in Fig. 2 to the unloading or loading position'shown in Figure 3. A. companion piece for holdin the tire on the carrier is shownat 28, an

the carrier.

T will now refer to the means for interconnecting the bumper and the carrier to cause the bumper to swing down and out of the way when the carrier is swung down. The

preferred form of this means consists of rods 29 pivotally connected to the links 8 at the point 30 and extending thence through a cufi member 29' pivotally mounted on the end of the swinging arms 31 mounted on the crossbar 4 and adapted to'move or swing when the carrier roper is swung from one, position to the-0t er. A coil spring 32 on the rod 29 is placed between the arm 31 and acts in conjunction with the holder 19, 20, to maintain the tire. By swinging the bar 17 to one side as indicated in Fig. 1, the tire will be released from an enlargement on the rod 29 in the nature of a washer and nut indicated at 33. These springs keeplthe connecting parts under tens1on when t e bumper is in protecting position such as shown in Fig. 2, and dyet permit the rods to slide in the arms 31 uring an adjustment from normal to unloading pos1- tion, as-seen in Fig. 3. 1

Thus. it will be understood that in the form of the invention embodied in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, there is a feature of yieldability in the connection between the bumper and the carrier, but nevertheless a positive connection between them, so that a movement of the carrier brings about a correspondingmovement of the bumper whereby the bumper will be removed to a position which will not interfere with the removal of tires from and the'mounting of tires on the carrier, as clearly seen in Figure 3.

Referring to Figures 4, and 6, in the drawings I will now describe the first modification of my invention or the first modified form in which I may carry it into effect.

dicated at The carrier 13 is thus positioned and fastened to the bumper bars as by means of bolts and clam s 16 and 17 utilized in interconnecting t e barsof the bumper to each other. Of course, the carrier 13 may be otherwise connected to the bumper but this is the preferred manner of attachment.

It will now be seen that when the carrier is unlocked from the locking. bolt 24 and is swung from normal position as in Figure 5 to un oading or loading osition as shown in Figure'6, the bumper will also be moved with the carrier and will be positioned substantially the same as it is positioned as shown in Figure 3. But broadly speaking, in both the preferred form, shown in Figures 1' to 3 inclusive, and in this modified form shown in Figures 4 to 6 inclusive, the'bumper is interconnected with the carrier.

Referring to yet another modification, but a very similar one to that shown inFigures 4 to 6, I now make reference toFigures 7, 8, 9. In these figures the carrier is connected to the bumper in the same manner as in Fig- 'ures 4 to 6, but the carrier itself is of a difl'erent type. Instead of the frame like carrier before referred to, I now show a carrier indicated at 13 in the nature of a casing or circular box composed of a body and a lid.

The extra tire or tires will be placed in this casing and prevented from dislodgment by the lid indicated at 14. A suitable catch or fastening device suggested at 15 is employed to lock the lid to the casing. To secure the casing and its tires in normal position as shown in Figure 8, the locking bolt 24 is extended through. the casing with the securing pin 27 inserted through the bolt where it projects beyond the casing. When the pin is removed the casing may be swung down to the loading and unloading position shown in Figure 9, the bumper traveling with the easing and arriving at a position under and forward of the casing corresponding to the position assumed by the bumper in the construction shown in the other figures. Thus the bumper and casing move together and hear such a relation that the bumper will protect the casing when the casing is in normal osition, and that the bumper will be out o the way for the removal and mounting of tires from and in the. casin when the casing is in unloading and 10a position.

- And in all of the figures, it will be noted, the weight of the tire when the carrier is being in part b the pivotal mounting of the carrier and y the person who ismanipulating the carrierabout half of the weight falling on the carrier supports, thus lightening the burden on the user.

I desire to comprehend within my invention such modifications as may be clearly embraced within my claims and the scope of my invention. k 7

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s:

1 The combination with an automobile, of a pivotally connected tire carrier and bumper, both movably connected to. the automobile.

2. The combination with an automobile chassis, of a tire carrier and bumper, movably connected with relation to each other, both thecarrier and bumper being movably connected with the chassis.

3. The combination with an automobile chassis, of an interconnected tire carrier and bumper, both the carrier and bumper being pivotally connected with the chassis.

4. The combination with an automobile chassis, of a tire carrier and bumper movably connected with relation to each other, both "lowered and raised will be essentially borne the carrier and bumper being pivotally con- 3 nected with the chassis, and movable together as a unit.

5. The combination with an automobile chassis, of a tire carrier and bumper movably connected with relation to each other, both the carrier and bumper being movably connected with the chassis and means for retaining the bumper and carrier in normal position. 1

6. The combination with an automobile chassis, of a bumper and tire carrier, both movably connected to the chassis, and a spring pressed rod interconnecting the bumper and tire carrier. v

7. The combination with an automobile, and a crossbar carried thereby, of a carrier and an arm pivotally mounted on said bar, bracket-s secured to the chassis, a bumper pivotally mounted on the brackets and a connecting rod between the bumper and said arm.

8. The combination with an automobile, and a crossbar carried thereby, of a tire carrier and an arm pivotally mounted on the crossbar, an arch bar secured to the chassis and having lockin devices to engage and lock the carrier, brackets secured to the chassis and a bumper pivoted to the bracket,

and a connecting rod between the bumper and the arm on the cross rod.

9. The combination with an automobile chassis, of two pairs of brackets mounted upon the chassis, a bumper and tire carrier pivotally mounted on one pair of said brackets, and means on the other pair of brackets for retaining the bumper and carrier in normal position.

10. The combination with an automobile of an interconnected bumper and tire carrier having a pivotal connect-ion with the chassis, the carrier being in the form of a casing adapted to receive a spare tire Within it.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

EDWARD H. MoCLOUD. 

